Genre | Title | Author | Reading Level | Subject(s) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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poetry/fiction | Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music | Margarita Engle | L | Chinese-African-Cuban girl, female drummers, Chinese New Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic ficiton | Stevie | John Steptoe | M | black boy protagonist, siblings, memoir | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Sweet, Sweet Memory | Jacqueline Woodson/Floyd Cooper | picture book | black girl protagonist, death of grandpa, the South, rural | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Coming On Home Soon | Jacqueline Woodson/E.B. Lewish | picture book | female characters, family, WWII, women working and away from home | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Cherries and Cherry Pits | Vera B. Williams | picture book | black girl protagonist, storytelling, community | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls | picture book | disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Dancing in the Wings | Debbie Allen/Kadir Nelson | picture book | black girl protagonist, aspiring ballerina, persistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Lulu's Birthday | Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard/Pat Cummings | picture book | intergenerational, family, birthday surprise | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Village of Round and Square Houses | Ann Gritalconi | picture book | remote Central Africa, indigenous, gender, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Thank You Omu! | Oge Mora | picture book | Nigerian woman protagonist, city, community, Thanksgiving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/art | Under the Sunday Tree: Paintings By Mr. Amos Ferguson | Eloise Greenfield/Amos Ferguson | poetry/art | poems about family, daily life, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Car Washing Street | Denise Lewis Patrick/John Ward | picture book | city, community, summer, diversity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction/poetry | Spin A Soft Black Song | Nikki Giovanni | book of poems | family, school, everyday life, realistic fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People | Charles Sullivan | textbook | slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Undefeated | by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson | prominent black figures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad | illustrated poems | art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poems | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Jamaica Tag-Along | Juanita Havill | picture book | black girl protagonist, siblings, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Julius | Angela Johnson/Dav Pilkey | picture book | black girl protagonist, family, pet pig | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | When I Am Old with You | Angela Johnson/David Soman | picture book | black grandfather/grandchild, rural, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/realistic fiction | Night on Neighborhood Street | Eloise Greenfield/Jan Spivey Gilchrist | picture book | poems of black family life, city setting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Grandpa's Face | Eloise Greenfield/Floyd Cooper | picture book | black grandfather/granddaughter, family, city | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Grandfather and I | Helen E. Buckley, Jan Ormerod | picture book | black grandfather/grandchild, slow pace, winter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | White Water (Inspired by a True Story) | Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein | picture book | 1962 segregated society, segregration | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Leaving Morning | Angela Johnson | picture book | black protagonists, NYC, moving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Jabari Jumps | Gaia Cornwall | picture book | anxiety, persistence, black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Birthday | John Steptoe | picture book | Africa, black community, school, boy birthday party | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Not So Fast Songololo | Niki Daly | picture book | family, South Africa, grandmother, figurative language, black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Ty's One-man Band | Mildred Pitts Walter/Margot Tomes | picture book | black family, Jim Crow south, making music | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Me & Neesie | Eloise Greenfield | picture book | black girl protagonist, imaginary friend, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/figurative lang/small moment | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James | picture book | black boy protagonist, community, award-winning | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Tar Beach | Faith Ringgold | picture book | black family, NYC, family history | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | I Love My Hair! | Natasha Anastasia Tarpley | picture book | black family, celebration of black hair!, mother/daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Do Like Kyla | Angela Johnson | picture book | black family, siblings, winter, snow | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | What Mary Jo Shared | Janice May Udry | picture book | black girl protagonist, school, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl | Eloise Greenfield/John Steptoe | picture book | black boy protagonist, baby sister, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Black Magic | Dinah Johnson | picture book | read aloud, celebrating color black | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Amazing Grace | Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch | M | gender, race, identity, school play, black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Boundless Grace | Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch | M | black girl protagonist, family, Africa, divorce, sequel to Amazing Grace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Wings | Christopher Myers | picture book | award-winning, black boy protagonist, collage, bullying, new student | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Jazz | Walter Dean Myers/Christopher Myers | picture book | award-winning, gorgeous art, poems about Jazz, New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Other Side | Jacqueline Woodson | Q | read aloud, overcoming racism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry | In for Winter, Out for Spring | Arnold Adoff/Jerry Pinkney | picture book | black families, the four seasons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer | Carole Boston Weatherford | upper grades | read aloud civil rights hero | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Dear Mr. Rosenwald | Carole Boston Weatherford | read aloud, school equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | Freedom River | Doreen Rappaport | 2018-02-05 00:00:00 | underground railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | A Sweet Smell of Roses | Angela Johnson | all grades | civil rights story | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | Sweet Clara and the Freedom QUilt | Deborah Hopkinson | Read Aloud, underground railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Benjie | Joan M. Lexau | picture book | black boy protagonist, kindness, community, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | My Little Island | Frané Lessac | picture book | life on Caribbean Island, beautiful illustrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Caribbean Dream | Rachel Isadora | picture book | life on Caribbean Island, poetic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Love Is | Diane Adams | picture book | black girl protagonist, love, responsibility, rhyming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Corduroy | Don Freeman | picture book | black girl protagonist, kindness, love, NYC, community | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Charlotte and the Quiet Place | Deborah Sosin | picture book | black girl protagonist, NYC, community, learning differences | ||||||||||||||||||||||
legends/folklore | John Henry | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
legends/folklore | Flora and the Runaway Rooster | John Claude Bemis | picture book | black girl protagonist, Rwanda, poverty, schooling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Norton Juster, Chris Raschka | picture book | award winning, black girl protagonist, grandparents, family, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction, pattern books | I Just Want To Say Good Night | Rachel Isadora | picture book | African girl, animals, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Galimoto | Karen Lynn Williams | picture book | African boy, Malawi, Chichewa language, recycled materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | For You Are A Kenyan Child | Kelly Cunnane | picture book | Kalenjin boy, Kenya, animals, Swahili language | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction, poetry | The Chalk Doll | Charlotte Pomerantz, Frané Lessac | picture book | black girl protagonist, Jamaica, family, recycled materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction, pattern books | All Aboard for the Bobo Road | Stephen Davies | picture book | Burkina Faso, transportation, maps, geography | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | At the Crossroads | Rachel Isadora | picture book | Africa, labor, mining, family, community | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Deep in the Sahara | Kelly Cunnane & Hoda Hadadi | picture book | Mauritania, W. Africa, Muslim, identity, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Something Beautiful | Sharon Dennis Wyeth | picture book | black girl protagonist, NYC, community, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Pet Show! | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | black protagonists, NYC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | City Rhythms | Ann Gritalconi | picture book | black boy protagonist, community, city life | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Max Found Two Sticks | Brian Pinkney | picture book | black boy protagonist, onomatopoeia, music, city life | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Louie (my very favorite character!!) | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | socially awkward black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | picture book | Belgium, basketball, city farming, true story | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | The Water Princess | Susan Verde | picture book | true story, water, rural Burkina Faso, Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Beatrice's Goat | Page McBrier | picture book | Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Busing Brewster | Richard Michelson, R.G. Roth | picture book | integration, busing, bullying, kindness | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Mama Elizabeti | Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen | picture book | Africa, family, younger siblings, responsibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Harlem Renaissance Party | Faith Ringgold | picture book | Harlem Renaissance, African-American writers, jazz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography/poetry | Coretta Scott | Ntozake Shange/Kadir Nelson | picture book | Coretta Scott King bio, MLK, figurative language, gorgeous art | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky | Faith Ringgold | picture book | Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, slavery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans | Phil Bildner and John Parra | picture book | Hurrican Katrina clean-up, resilience, community, folklore | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Daisy and the Doll | Michael Medearis/Angela Shelf Medearis | picture book | race, skin color, 1800's Vermont, black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation | Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney | picture book | Rosa Parks, the blues, poetic, onomatopoeia, Montgomery Bus Boycott | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Imani's Moon | JaNay Brown-Wood | picture book | Maasai people (Africa), differences, teasing, girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Nelson Mandela | Kadir Nelson | picture book | South Africa, activism, beautiful illustrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Working Cotton | Sherley Anne Williams | picture book | award winning, black girl, memoir, child labor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Shadow | Marcia Brown | picture book | What is Shadow? Africa setting, poetic, nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Father and Son | Denizé Lauture | picture book | family, Jonathan Green illustrations, black protagonists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia | Miranda Paul | picture book | true story, the Gambia, recycling, female empowerment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | More Than Anything Else | Marie Bradby | picture book | Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/realistic fiction | Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children | Wade Hudson, Floyd Cooper | book of poems | black children protagonists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
lyrical/non-fiction | Charlie Parker played be bop | Chris Raschka | H | music of Charlie Parker, black jazzist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Mrs. Katz and Tush | Patricia Polacco | picture book | relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library | Carole Boston Weatherford | Picture book | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | jambo means hello: Swahili Alphabet Book | Muriel Feelings/Tom Feelings | ABC book | Swahili, African culture/tradition | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls | picture book | disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X | Ilyasah Shabazz | picture book | author is Malcolm X's daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream | Crystal Hubbard | picture book | true story black female baseball player, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Mrs. Katz and Tush | Patricia Polacco | picture book | relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Margaret Musgrove | ABC book | African indigenous life, Ghana, ABC format | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | Virginia Hamilton | folktales | animal tales, slavery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/biography | Martin Rising: Requiem For A King | Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney | illustrated poem | MLK, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, gorgeous art | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Back Home | Gloria Jean Pinkney/Jerry Pinkney | picture book | 1950s, rural North Carolina, black protagonists, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Mary McLeod Bethune | Eloise Greenfield/Jerry Pinkey | M-N | true story of Mary McLeod Bethune, social justice activist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | More Than Anything Else | Marie Bradby | picture book | Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad | illustrated poems | art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poetry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Chicken Sunday | Patricia Polacco | picture book | black grandmother, 1960s, Jewish/Christian characters, Easter, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | I Have A Dream | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | his speech paired w/ gorgeous illustrations by black artists | |||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | MLK A Celebration In Word and Image | Martin Luther King, Jr. | quotes and photographs of MLK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction/graphic novel | Illegal | Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin | graphic novel | refugees traveling from North Africa to Italy by ship, Syria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/figurative lang/small moment | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James | picture book | black boy protagonist, community, award-winning | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Shadow | Marcia Brown | picture book | Africa setting, poetic, nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson & R. Gregory Christie | picture book | Harlem, African-American culture, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X | ||||||||||||||||||||||
legends/folklore | John Henry | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People | Charles Sullivan | textbook | slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource | ||||||||||||||||||||||
folktale | Mirandy and Brother Wind | Patricia C. McKissack, Jerry Pinkney | picture book | slavery, customs/traditions, family, Mississippi, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | The Undefeated | Kwame Alexander | picture book | celebrating black lives | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/art | Jabberwocky | Christopher Myers | poetry/art | classic poem reimagined, black boy protagonist, art | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Solo Girl | Andrea Davis Pinkney | M | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Series: "Monica" | Diana G. Gallagher | N | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Baby Flo: Florence Mills Lights Up the Stage | Alan Schroeder | O-P | Black History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | In Her Hands: The Story of Sculptor Augusta Savage | Alan Schroeder | O-P | Black History | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Bad Hair Day | Adrienne Vincent Sutton | P | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Hundred Penny Box | Sharon Bell Mathis | P | black boy protagonist, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Diary of B.B. Bright Possible Princess | Alice Randall | Q | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Crossing Jordan | Adrian Fogelin | P | racism, friendship | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/ mystery | Series: Precious Ramotswe Mysteries for Young Readers (Book 1) | Alexander McCall Smith | Q | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/mystery | Emma Series | Ida Siegal | P | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Series: Akimbo and The Lions | Alexander McCall Smith | P | Black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Series: Dog Days: The Carver Chronicles | Karen English | Q | Black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Jacket | Andrew Clements | R | racism and prejudice | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Zeely | Virginia Hamilton | R | black girl protagonist, black author, rural life, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Last Summer with Maizon | Jacqueline Woodson | Q | black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | A Long Walk to Water | Linda Sue Park | R | Sudanese refugee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | The Red Pencil | Andrea Davis Pinkney | Q | Sudanese Refugees | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond | Brenda Woods | T | Biracial girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Red Rose Box | Brenda Woods | T | Jim Crow south setting, black girl protagonist, family, Los Angeles | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything In It | Sundee Tucker Frazier | Q | Black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Confidentially Yours series | Jo Whittemore | V | black girl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
graphic novel | Princeless series | Jeremy Whitley | T | black girl protagonist / diverse cast | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Harbor Me | Jacqueline Woodson | U-V | diverse characters - NYC children, self-contained class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition | Margot Shetterly | V+ | black history | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History | Vashti Harrison | T | black history | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction Memoir | Brown Girl Dreaming | Jacqueline Woodson | U | black history | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Home of the Brave | Katherine Appelegate | W | Sudanese Refugees | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | One Crazy Summer | Rita Williams-Garcia | W | civil rights era | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | P.S. Be Eleven | Rita Williams-Garcia | W | sequel to One Crazy Summer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction/poetry | Spin A Soft Black Song | Nikki Giovanni | book of poems | family, school, everyday life, realistic fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Junebug | Alice Mead | S | black boy protagonist, public housing life | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Me, Mop, and the Moondance Kid | Walter Dean Myers | S | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Mississippi Bridge | Mildred D. Taylor | S | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Gift Giver | Joyce Hansen | S | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Gold Cadillac | Mildred D. Taylor | S | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Darnell Rock Reporting | Walter Dean Myers | S | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Black Angels | Linda Beatrice Brown | T | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Locomotion | Jacqueline Woodson | V | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Mighty Miss Malone | Chistopher Paul Curtis | V | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Calico Bush | Rachel Field | V | Immigrant families/Native American study | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Gone Crazy in Alabama | Rita Williams-Garcia | V | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Clayton Byrd Goes Underground | Rita Williams-Garcia | V | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | A Friendship for Today | Patricia C. McKissack | V | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Two Naomis | Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich & Audrey Vernick | V | African American author/Immigrant study | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Malcolm X By Any Means Necessary | Walter Dean Myers | W | African American author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The House on Mango Street | Sandra Cisneros | W | Hispanic author | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Dear Baobab | story of a child immigrant from an unnamed African country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Historical Fiction | Christopher Paul Curtis | T-V | Multiple time periods | 316 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction/non-fiction | Eleanor E. Tate | R-U | black figures | |||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Eloise Greenfield | wide range | black families | |||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Jacqueline Woodson | T-Z | black characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Jewell Parker Rhodes | U-W | black characters | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Joyce Hansen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kekla Magoon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Laurie Halse Anderson | V | historical fiction (Chains, Forge ) | 316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mary Hoffman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mildred D. Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nikki Grimes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Patricia C. McKissack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rita Williams-Garcia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sandra Belton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharon G. Flake | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sharon M. Draper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sherri L. Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamora Pierce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tee Michelle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zora Neale Hurston | 316 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Dean Myers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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poetry/fiction | Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl's Courage Changed Music | Margarita Engle | L | Chinese-African-Cuban girl, female drummers, Chinese New Year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic ficiton | Stevie | John Steptoe | M | black boy protagonist, siblings, memoir | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Sweet, Sweet Memory | Jacqueline Woodson/Floyd Cooper | picture book | black girl protagonist, death of grandpa, the South, rural | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Coming On Home Soon | Jacqueline Woodson/E.B. Lewish | picture book | female characters, family, WWII, women working and away from home | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Cherries and Cherry Pits | Vera B. Williams | picture book | black girl protagonist, storytelling, community | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls | picture book | disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Dancing in the Wings | Debbie Allen/Kadir Nelson | picture book | black girl protagonist, aspiring ballerina, persistance | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Lulu's Birthday | Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard/Pat Cummings | picture book | intergenerational, family, birthday surprise | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Village of Round and Square Houses | Ann Gritalconi | picture book | remote Central Africa, indigenous, gender, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Thank You Omu! | Oge Mora | picture book | Nigerian woman protagonist, city, community, Thanksgiving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/art | Under the Sunday Tree: Paintings By Mr. Amos Ferguson | Eloise Greenfield/Amos Ferguson | poetry/art | poems about family, daily life, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Car Washing Street | Denise Lewis Patrick/John Ward | picture book | city, community, summer, diversity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction/poetry | Spin A Soft Black Song | Nikki Giovanni | book of poems | family, school, everyday life, realistic fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Children of Promise: African-American Literature & Art for Young People | Charles Sullivan | textbook | slavery, African American art, poems, stories, good resource | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Undefeated | by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson | prominent black figures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad | illustrated poems | art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poems | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Jamaica Tag-Along | Juanita Havill | picture book | black girl protagonist, siblings, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Julius | Angela Johnson/Dav Pilkey | picture book | black girl protagonist, family, pet pig | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | When I Am Old with You | Angela Johnson/David Soman | picture book | black grandfather/grandchild, rural, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/realistic fiction | Night on Neighborhood Street | Eloise Greenfield/Jan Spivey Gilchrist | picture book | poems of black family life, city setting | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Grandpa's Face | Eloise Greenfield/Floyd Cooper | picture book | black grandfather/granddaughter, family, city | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Grandfather and I | Helen E. Buckley, Jan Ormerod | picture book | black grandfather/grandchild, slow pace, winter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | White Water (Inspired by a True Story) | Michael S. Bandy, Eric Stein | picture book | 1962 segregated society, segregration | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | The Leaving Morning | Angela Johnson | picture book | black protagonists, NYC, moving | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Jabari Jumps | Gaia Cornwall | picture book | anxiety, persistence, black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Birthday | John Steptoe | picture book | Africa, black community, school, boy birthday party | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Not So Fast Songololo | Niki Daly | picture book | family, South Africa, grandmother, figurative language, black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Ty's One-man Band | Mildred Pitts Walter/Margot Tomes | picture book | black family, Jim Crow south, making music | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Me & Neesie | Eloise Greenfield | picture book | black girl protagonist, imaginary friend, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/figurative lang/small moment | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James | picture book | black boy protagonist, community, award-winning | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Tar Beach | Faith Ringgold | picture book | black family, NYC, family history | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | I Love My Hair! | Natasha Anastasia Tarpley | picture book | black family, celebration of black hair!, mother/daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Do Like Kyla | Angela Johnson | picture book | black family, siblings, winter, snow | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | What Mary Jo Shared | Janice May Udry | picture book | black girl protagonist, school, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | She Come Bringing Me That Little Baby Girl | Eloise Greenfield/John Steptoe | picture book | black boy protagonist, baby sister, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Black Magic | Dinah Johnson | picture book | read aloud, celebrating color black | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Amazing Grace | Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch | M | gender, race, identity, school play, black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Boundless Grace | Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch | M | black girl protagonist, family, Africa, divorce, sequel to Amazing Grace | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Wings | Christopher Myers | picture book | award-winning, black boy protagonist, collage, bullying, new student | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Jazz | Walter Dean Myers/Christopher Myers | picture book | award-winning, gorgeous art, poems about Jazz, New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Other Side | Jacqueline Woodson | Q | read aloud, overcoming racism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry | In for Winter, Out for Spring | Arnold Adoff/Jerry Pinkney | picture book | black families, the four seasons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer | Carole Boston Weatherford | upper grades | read aloud civil rights hero | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Dear Mr. Rosenwald | Carole Boston Weatherford | read aloud, school equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | Freedom River | Doreen Rappaport | 2018-02-05 00:00:00 | underground railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | A Sweet Smell of Roses | Angela Johnson | all grades | civil rights story | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | Sweet Clara and the Freedom QUilt | Deborah Hopkinson | Read Aloud, underground railroad | |||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Benjie | Joan M. Lexau | picture book | black boy protagonist, kindness, community, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | My Little Island | Frané Lessac | picture book | life on Caribbean Island, beautiful illustrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Caribbean Dream | Rachel Isadora | picture book | life on Caribbean Island, poetic | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Love Is | Diane Adams | picture book | black girl protagonist, love, responsibility, rhyming | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Corduroy | Don Freeman | picture book | black girl protagonist, kindness, love, NYC, community | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Charlotte and the Quiet Place | Deborah Sosin | picture book | black girl protagonist, NYC, community, learning differences | ||||||||||||||||||||||
legends/folklore | John Henry | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | black male protagonist, labor, westward expansion, railroad | ||||||||||||||||||||||
legends/folklore | Flora and the Runaway Rooster | John Claude Bemis | picture book | black girl protagonist, Rwanda, poverty, schooling | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The Hello, Goodbye Window | Norton Juster, Chris Raschka | picture book | award winning, black girl protagonist, grandparents, family, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction, pattern books | I Just Want To Say Good Night | Rachel Isadora | picture book | African girl, animals, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Galimoto | Karen Lynn Williams | picture book | African boy, Malawi, Chichewa language, recycled materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | For You Are A Kenyan Child | Kelly Cunnane | picture book | Kalenjin boy, Kenya, animals, Swahili language | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction, poetry | The Chalk Doll | Charlotte Pomerantz, Frané Lessac | picture book | black girl protagonist, Jamaica, family, recycled materials | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction, pattern books | All Aboard for the Bobo Road | Stephen Davies | picture book | Burkina Faso, transportation, maps, geography | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | At the Crossroads | Rachel Isadora | picture book | Africa, labor, mining, family, community | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Deep in the Sahara | Kelly Cunnane & Hoda Hadadi | picture book | Mauritania, W. Africa, Muslim, identity, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Something Beautiful | Sharon Dennis Wyeth | picture book | black girl protagonist, NYC, community, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Pet Show! | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | black protagonists, NYC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | City Rhythms | Ann Gritalconi | picture book | black boy protagonist, community, city life | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Max Found Two Sticks | Brian Pinkney | picture book | black boy protagonist, onomatopoeia, music, city life | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Louie (my very favorite character!!) | Ezra Jack Keats | picture book | socially awkward black boy protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | picture book | Belgium, basketball, city farming, true story | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | The Water Princess | Susan Verde | picture book | true story, water, rural Burkina Faso, Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Beatrice's Goat | Page McBrier | picture book | Uganda | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Busing Brewster | Richard Michelson, R.G. Roth | picture book | integration, busing, bullying, kindness | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Mama Elizabeti | Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen | picture book | Africa, family, younger siblings, responsibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Harlem Renaissance Party | Faith Ringgold | picture book | Harlem Renaissance, African-American writers, jazz | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography/poetry | Coretta Scott | Ntozake Shange/Kadir Nelson | picture book | Coretta Scott King bio, MLK, figurative language, gorgeous art | ||||||||||||||||||||||
historical fiction | Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky | Faith Ringgold | picture book | Harriet Tubman, Underground Railroad, slavery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans | Phil Bildner and John Parra | picture book | Hurrican Katrina clean-up, resilience, community, folklore | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Daisy and the Doll | Michael Medearis/Angela Shelf Medearis | picture book | race, skin color, 1800's Vermont, black girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation | Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney | picture book | Rosa Parks, the blues, poetic, onomatopoeia, Montgomery Bus Boycott | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Imani's Moon | JaNay Brown-Wood | picture book | Maasai people (Africa), differences, teasing, girl protagonist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Nelson Mandela | Kadir Nelson | picture book | South Africa, activism, beautiful illustrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | Working Cotton | Sherley Anne Williams | picture book | award winning, black girl, memoir, child labor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Shadow | Marcia Brown | picture book | What is Shadow? Africa setting, poetic, nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Father and Son | Denizé Lauture | picture book | family, Jonathan Green illustrations, black protagonists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia | Miranda Paul | picture book | true story, the Gambia, recycling, female empowerment | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | More Than Anything Else | Marie Bradby | picture book | Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/realistic fiction | Pass It On: African-American Poetry for Children | Wade Hudson, Floyd Cooper | book of poems | black children protagonists | ||||||||||||||||||||||
lyrical/non-fiction | Charlie Parker played be bop | Chris Raschka | H | music of Charlie Parker, black jazzist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Mrs. Katz and Tush | Patricia Polacco | picture book | relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library | Carole Boston Weatherford | Picture book | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | jambo means hello: Swahili Alphabet Book | Muriel Feelings/Tom Feelings | ABC book | Swahili, African culture/tradition | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | Laurie Ann Thompson & Sean Qualls | picture book | disabled cyclist, West Africa, persistance, flexibility | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Malcolm Little: The Boy Who Grew Up to Become Malcolm X | Ilyasah Shabazz | picture book | author is Malcolm X's daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction/biography | Catching the Moon: The Story of a Young Girl's Baseball Dream | Crystal Hubbard | picture book | true story black female baseball player, 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Mrs. Katz and Tush | Patricia Polacco | picture book | relationship b/w older Jewish woman and black boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions | Margaret Musgrove | ABC book | African indigenous life, Ghana, ABC format | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction | The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales | Virginia Hamilton | folktales | animal tales, slavery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry/biography | Martin Rising: Requiem For A King | Andrea Davis Pinkney/Brian Pinkney | illustrated poem | MLK, Jim Crow, Civil Rights, gorgeous art | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Back Home | Gloria Jean Pinkney/Jerry Pinkney | picture book | 1950s, rural North Carolina, black protagonists, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | Mary McLeod Bethune | Eloise Greenfield/Jerry Pinkey | M-N | true story of Mary McLeod Bethune, social justice activist | ||||||||||||||||||||||
biography | More Than Anything Else | Marie Bradby | picture book | Booker T. Washington, literacy, child labor, W. Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
poetry | Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes | David Roessel, Arnold Rampersad | illustrated poems | art by Benny Andrews, Langston Hughes poetry | ||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction | Chicken Sunday | Patricia Polacco | picture book | black grandmother, 1960s, Jewish/Christian characters, Easter, family | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | I Have A Dream | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | his speech paired w/ gorgeous illustrations by black artists | |||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | MLK A Celebration In Word and Image | Martin Luther King, Jr. | quotes and photographs of MLK | |||||||||||||||||||||||
realistic fiction/graphic novel | Illegal | Eoin Colfer/Andrew Donkin | graphic novel | refugees traveling from North Africa to Italy by ship, Syria | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/figurative lang/small moment | Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut | Derrick Barnes/Gordon C. James | picture book | black boy protagonist, community, award-winning | ||||||||||||||||||||||
fiction/poetry | Shadow | Marcia Brown | picture book | Africa setting, poetic, nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||
non-fiction | The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore | Vaunda Micheaux Nelson & R. Gregory Christie | picture book | Harlem, African-American culture, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X |